Why do people blame the gays for AIDs?

Why do people blame the gays for AIDs?
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answer:When AIDs first hit the scene it was very wide spread in the gay community. Even today it is more widespread in the gay community than the heterosexual one. Many crazy-religious types saw it as god’s punishment for them being gay. The stigma has never fully gone away.
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